Archive for April, 2006

Don Alm told this interesting story about one of his customers.
What struck me about the story was how common it is.
You get an idea… you test it… and you get common reasons people say “no”.
You think… “that idea stinks” and never try anything else.
Here’s how someone bought the info, got the “No’s” and then turned [...]

I used to run a niche newsletter/magazine from my home.
It had about 2000 subscribers and worked pretty well.
I sold it for family reasons…
When I saw this article, I thought of it fondly though:
Amid Consumer Magazine Failings, Custom Publishing Sees Growth
As the consumer magazine industry continues to suffer the effects of relentless internet competition [...]

Over at the Jensense blog, there’s a pretty good summary of recent discussions that makes you wonder if pages displaying Google Adsense ad get preference in indexing.
In other words… Adsense may indeed be a faster back door into Google.
Since Google AdSense launched, there has been rumors and speculation about the possibility of the AdSense bot [...]

Search Engine Optimized press releases can provide good traffic for a long time at minimal cost as we’ve talked about here before.
Here’s some more on how to produce them from Garrett French on Creating Search Engine Optimized Press Releases. The whole article is well worth reading. Here’s the high points…
• Include a section targeted specifically [...]

In this post on screening employees for cultural fit, Jeff Cornwall is talking about the corporate culture… as entrepreneurs who are growing any business (even my wife’s home business which just had to sub contract some work)… you want someone to help, not drag you down.
The most common culprits are the attorneys and CPA’s we [...]

This is something I ran across at our County’s leadership training on Tuesday.
Did you know that if you are signing your child up for public school, you need a plethora of documentation…
Birth Certificates
Immunization Records
Social Security Cards
Etc.
If you don’t have each one of these documents in order for each child, you will be sent away to [...]

Here’s my experience thus far with “Dave’s Cool Little Website”…
It works!
Pretty much.
Dave’s cool little website does everything promised, has good to great follow up support, and costs $97 plus the domain name.
I was shocked to start getting money from ebay several times a week thanks to having people visit my website Low Auction Seller.
So [...]

Kevin Nobelman via Ty Tribble
My name is Kevin and I’m 24 years old. This is the true story of how during the summer of 2001, I made $40,000 selling dropshipped goods on ebay only to lose it all and end up with $4,000 of debt. Read my cautionary tale to prevent yourself from making the [...]

The Business Opportunities Weblog Network is made up of eleven niche business blogs. Here’s a selection of popular posts from around
the network:

Buying and Selling Safety on eBay
Every Franchising Obstacle Presents an
Opportunity to Improve Your Position
MLM Company Rankings
The Happy Gardener Opportunity
How To Avoid Home Business Failure
How to Get Your Boss to let you Work [...]

Via Dane

Steve Strauss in USA Today:
First of all, from a business perspective, running a business from home can certainly be a good idea since it does indeed help keep overhead low, and that’s a big bonus. And if you can maintain a balance between work and home life, working from home can also make life [...]